revs

There were three vicars I was hoping to speak with yesterday but they're a busy bunch. We once tried to come up with a collective noun for a group of chaplains. I think my favourite wad a concern of chaplains. Anyhow, I chatted with my rev friend but still have to make contact with others about the rapidly approaching Christian aid week.
And then in the evening I watched the last rev. Even when talking about it today I have cried - I found it so moving to hear the prayers of some of the other characters. It has impressed upon me the importance of being nice to others as frequently we have no picture of the hurts people are carrying. We might mainly get to notice someone's nastiness and don't usually get insight into their struggles or losses.

I have to say my prayers are often not as coherent as those in the programme. I don't always finish sentences, I jump about, I ramble, but I trust that God makes sense of them so I'm not concerned at all about the state of my prayers.

I'm glad I made time last week to thank the programme writers and makers. I need to work out why thinking of Colin's prayers makes me weep every time. And I need to go and ring a real life rev.